
Start your week smart: Tax deadline, Trump’s trade war, Blue Origin launch, ‘The Last of Us,’ the Masters
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President Donald Trump’s aggressive measures to crack down on immigration are hurting beer sales, according to Modelo and Corona owner Constellation Brands. About half of Constellation’s US customers are Hispanic, and some have stopped going out to restaurants and gathering in large groups out of fear of being swept up in deportations, the company’s CEO said. Here’s what else you need to know to Start Your Week Smart. With the April 15 tax filing deadline just two days away, few federal government agencies have endured as much turmoil the past few months as the Internal Revenue Service. The agency has been squarely in the crosshairs of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, which proposed a dramatic downsizing of the IRS workforce by May 15. One IRS worker said of DOGE that “‘delete’ is one of their favorite terms.” More than 7,000 IRS employees have been laid off. It remains to be seen what effect — if any — all the chaos will have on the processing of this year’s tax returns and refunds. 1️⃣ Last-minute filers: If you’ve been procrastinating and haven’t submitted your tax return yet, don’t worry. There are plenty of other people in the same boat. CNN’s Jeanne Sahadi breaks down what you need to know and how to avoid penalties.

Trump emergency management officials are discussing reforms that would make it much harder for communities to qualify for federal disaster assistance, honoring President Donald Trump’s executive order to shift more responsibility for disaster response and recovery to states rather than the federal government.

In the month since the US launched a major military campaign targeting the Houthi rebel group in Yemen, the militants have successfully shot down at least seven multi-million-dollar American drones, hindering the US’ ability to move into “phase two” of the operation, multiple US officials familiar with the matter told CNN.

Five days before his 100th day in office – and 93 days since his own deadline passed for resolving the conflict in Ukraine – President Donald Trump is frustrated his efforts to broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine have so far fallen short, and has privately told advisers that mediating a deal has been more difficult than he anticipated, sources familiar with the discussions told CNN.

In unintended filing, feds say Trump administration strategy to end New York toll is a losing battle
The federal prosecutor’s office in Manhattan accidentally filed an internal memo that poked holes in the Trump administration’s strategy to kill New York’s toll on driving in Manhattan — arguing the government should change tactics if it wants to block the nascent program.